Dublin Core Metadata

[Unity]

Hi everyone,

What's everyone's thoughts on Dublin Core Metadata. These aren't tags I have come across before but a client site is using them. After doing some reading I am leaning towards removing them but would be very interested in the communities thoughts on these.

Much thanks,
Davinia

[MattAntonino]

I think they were an idea, never standardized, and therefore not something I'd bother with.  In our experience, Schema & rdfa matter more than DC.  I would focus on the standards Google is talking about and remove the ones that they are not.

The only place I can see Google mention DC at all is negative.

Google Scholar’s Webmaster Inclusion Guidelines site cautions to “use Dublin Core,(which cannot express bibliographic citation information adequately for academic papers) only as a last resort,” and recommends other metadata schemas instead.

The fact that the only time they seem to mention it is negative means I'd avoid.

[KeriMorgret]

I haven't used DC for metadata regarding websites, but I have used it in the past for structuring data regarding educational courses. Many educational institutions used that metadata to help standardize information about their course offerings, especially related to OpenCourseWare.

Before discontinuing their use, make sure there isn't another reason why the metadata is being used, and that other institutions aren't relying on data being in that form.

[Unity]

Great thank you.

[Unity]

My thoughts as well, just needed to double check! Thank you.